Mercenary scenario is great, but there is a problem

[vaalen]

I have very much enjoyed playing the Mercenary scenario as Carthage. It is very challenging, with interesting events, and the Carthaginians have many handicaps, yet many advantages. The strict time limit makes it hard for the Carthaginians to destroy the mercenaries, as does the cunning moves of the AI once it realizes that the Carthaginians can defeat them in battle. Not to mention revolts in punic cites, and in the islands. Very faithful to history, and following Hamilcars strategy helps.

However, there is a bug I have noticed. Carthage controls the sea, and the mercenaries have no ships. Yet if Carthage is under siege, the following consistently happens-

You load an army on a fleet, and move the fleet out of the city to land the army elsewhere. The game will show that the army is loaded on the ships. Yet, next turn, you will find that the very same army is still in Carthage, even though the fleet is where you sent it.

This happens only when Carthage is under siege.

Is this WAD, or a bug?

[Soulstrider]

I had this issue to in some scenarios, never knew if it was WAD or no. More than once I tried to evacuate some troops of a city but to no avail.

[Ebbingford]

I think this is like this in all AGE games.
The force that is besieged will only stay on board the ships if in passive or evade posture IIRC.

[vaalen]

I think this is like this in all AGE games.
The force that is besieged will only stay on board the ships if in passive or evade posture IIRC.

Thanks, Ebbingford. I will put them in passive posture the next time I try to move them out.

[Pocus]

Exactly, thanks to Ebbingford for remembering this obscure rule. There was the need to tell the program that you wanted to evacuate by ships your army, and this is the passive posture, otherwise the general rule is that any army in ships, if in an harbor disembark asap. Perhaps some tooltip can help?

[vaalen]

I put my Carthaginian Army in passive posture, loaded them on the fleet, sailed the fleet out of besieged Carthage to Hadrumentum. Next turn, the Carthaginian army that was supposedly loaded in the ships was still in Carthage, with the fleet in Hadrumentum.

Did I do something wrong, or is there a bug?